Home Automation Out with the old, in with the new and I cannot wait! |
- Out with the old, in with the new and I cannot wait!
- I wrote a basic RFID card reader app for easy casting to my Chromecast. At least my son loves it!
- What do I need to make this wirelessly controllable?
- SmartThings Zigbee sensor - precision and frequency of temperature [xpost from smartthings]
- Device firmware updates?
- Why is smart meter showing 30pence gas and 30pence electric when I have been in bed?!
- Lutron caseta dimmer headache. Why are my lights still on when the power is off?
- HASSIO reboot drops zwave
- Need help looking for a smart 3-way dimmer
- Is it possible to change Smartlife plug IP to a different VLAN without internet access? Need an energy monitoring smart plug with HA integration and no internet access requirement.
- What are your suggestions for IR Blasters?
- My remote control kindle page-turner
- Anybody have a system that will trigger an outlet to turn on when a certain temperature is reached?
- Tuya/Smart Life products are OK, only if..
- Jumping off the deep end! Key tips for success?
- HELP, IM AN IDIOT. Need help wiring.
- Simple house-wide doorbell w/ Smartthings button + several Nest mini's?
- Meross colour changing light bulbs making my living room look like it belongs in the centre of Amsterdam's red light district.. please help
- Roborock Maps for Split Level?
- Which Smart Home Hub preference
- Question about smart switches
- Looking for the best non-professional switch (no crestron, control 4, etc). Z-Wave preferred.
- Todoist+Integromat+Torrent+Put.io+MyCloud to Plex?
- How do you decide on the optimal camera placement around your home?
| Out with the old, in with the new and I cannot wait! Posted: 15 Feb 2020 12:53 PM PST
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| I wrote a basic RFID card reader app for easy casting to my Chromecast. At least my son loves it! Posted: 15 Feb 2020 04:09 AM PST
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| What do I need to make this wirelessly controllable? Posted: 15 Feb 2020 10:21 PM PST
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| SmartThings Zigbee sensor - precision and frequency of temperature [xpost from smartthings] Posted: 15 Feb 2020 10:15 PM PST Hi, I want to use some SmartThings sensors to measure temperature in an experiment that requires many wireless temp sensors. Three sensors in particular (the newer water leak, multipurpose contact, and motion sensors) all report temperature in addition to their intended usage. It looks like they're also Zigbee 3.0. I couldn't find any datasheet on these sensors. How precise are they? I'd like to register a 0.5 degrees C change. If I use water or door sensor, do I need to actually have a water flood or contact open/close event for the temperature to be sent? Or do they send out regular temperature updates? If so, how often? Or is it based on change? How much of a temperature change does it take for them to send out a temperature update? If you have them, any particular issues with range, staying connected? Any relevant experience with them is appreciated. Thanks. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 15 Feb 2020 11:38 AM PST I'm currently a SmartThings Gen2 hub user and have a mix of devices in my home. But the majority are Leviton or GE switches/dimmers and Schlage locks. I regularly have issues with devices becoming unavailable in smart things. I've tried modifying the DTHs which is helped a little but I'm seeing a number of results in my searches around updating the actual switch firmware (specifically for the Levitons). Is the homeseer z-flash USB stick still the only option for this? I have a Pi that I'm going to repurpose to home assistant to tinker with. if I have to buy a USB stick for that I'd like to get one that can do firmware pushes as well. The supported controllers list lists a few options but the zwave.me ones list firmware updates specifically. Does anyone know if this is the feature I'm looking for or have awareness if there is something else out there that will do this? Thanks!! [link] [comments] | ||
| Why is smart meter showing 30pence gas and 30pence electric when I have been in bed?! Posted: 15 Feb 2020 09:13 PM PST Woke up early today to take my girlfriend the airport and the smart meter for gas and electric is already on 60 pence. 30pence gas and 30 pence electric. I understand the electric maybe because of the chargers and tv on standby etc but the gas? Had no heating on etc and used no hob since I've been in bed. [link] [comments] | ||
| Lutron caseta dimmer headache. Why are my lights still on when the power is off? Posted: 15 Feb 2020 07:15 PM PST
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| Need help looking for a smart 3-way dimmer Posted: 15 Feb 2020 06:20 PM PST I have a few pot lights that are on a 3-way circuit. Is there any smart dimmer switch with 3-way support? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 15 Feb 2020 06:19 PM PST I'm on a quest to find good, cheap smart plugs with energy monitoring that work out of the box with Home Assistant and don't need to connect to a cloud. My home network consists of two VLANs, one is my main VLAN and one is my IoT VLAN, and the IoT does not have internet or main VLAN access. I have some TP-Link HS103/5s, and they work really good and integrate well into Home Assistant and don't need internet access, but they don't have energy monitoring (I'd definitely recommend them if you don't need energy monitoring). To try to get energy monitoring, I bought two different plugs to try that both work via Tuya/Smartlife, since they have an HA integration. However, it seems like they need constant cloud access, since when I change my phone over to the IoT VLAN I can't actually set up the plugs on the IoT network, I have to do it on my main VLAN. I tried to reserve an IP on the IoT VLAN for the plug as well from my network controller, that didn't work. Is it possible to change the plug's network/IP? If not I'll return these and give up on Tuya/Smartlife. If it's not possible, what are good smart plugs with energy monitoring that only take up one outlet space and don't need cloud access? [link] [comments] | ||
| What are your suggestions for IR Blasters? Posted: 15 Feb 2020 10:45 AM PST I have several older ceiling fans that have the option to be controlled via remote control. It's really convenient but I'd like to take it a step further. An IR Blaster seems the way to go but I have very little experience with these. TIA! [link] [comments] | ||
| My remote control kindle page-turner Posted: 15 Feb 2020 12:52 PM PST | ||
| Anybody have a system that will trigger an outlet to turn on when a certain temperature is reached? Posted: 15 Feb 2020 04:30 PM PST | ||
| Tuya/Smart Life products are OK, only if.. Posted: 15 Feb 2020 12:31 PM PST ... only if the app would be able to handle background URL requests when something happens, if not on our devices, then on their cloud.. yes, we probably all know about IFTTT, and that IFTTT can trigger webhooks when something happens, the problem is, applets are not reliable. my smart life IFTTT automations only run half of the time when some device status is changed for a longer period of time like 1-2 minutes. that's not good enough, especially when it comes to door sensors. If you are a user of Tuya/Smart Life, please send them a feedback about it ( I already have) maybe for more requests they will listen to reasoning, and we can all take home automations to the next level. [link] [comments] | ||
| Jumping off the deep end! Key tips for success? Posted: 15 Feb 2020 04:14 PM PST Hi everyone! I am getting a brand new house this summer, and am going to be using it as an opportunity to create a smart home network. I have minimal experience in it, but enough peripheral knowledge that I think I can make work. What I'd love to hear are some thoughts on my initial plans, direction to helpful resources (specifically around Home Assistant and hardware), and overall feedback/tips. What I am doing for sure: What I am considering: My goals: I want to be able to set up full house configurations rather than have to app by app, and I don't think Google or Alexa can support this. What I mean is that I'd like to give a command such as "Enter guest mode" and have my gemstone lights turn on a warm welcoming configuration outside (preset of course), my music turn on, select lights dim, my thermostat raise/lower temperature, and alarms turn off. I'd also like to be able to have a central and easy way to use voice controls to execute commands over all z-wave devices and apps. Fun stuff such as having the thermostat lower the temperature after I leave the house and turn on when it sees that I am 10 minutes away from home would be great as well. I don't have much experience, but I have played with linux servers before, have a bit of programming/scripting knowledge, and like to tinker. What would be the best approach to slowly building this up? What are some tips with tackling Home Assistant? Their website/documentation seems pretty good, but it would be great to hear from people that have already built full systems what they learned, what to avoid, and what tips they have given what my goals are. Thanks! [link] [comments] | ||
| HELP, IM AN IDIOT. Need help wiring. Posted: 15 Feb 2020 03:57 PM PST
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| Simple house-wide doorbell w/ Smartthings button + several Nest mini's? Posted: 15 Feb 2020 11:02 AM PST So I have a Samsung Smartthings hub, and bunch of zigbee and Z-wave lights and switches, as well as a Google Nest Mini in just about every room in the house. I control the lights with the cheap but effective Samsung buttons / a couple door sensors, or with voice commands to the Nest minis --"ok google turn on kitchen". This is just to illustrate that Google Home and the smartthings hub are talking to each other nicely. Our house is 100+ years old, and does not have any infrastructure for a fancy doorbell like the Nest Hello, and I don't really need or want that right now, anyway. I just need a usable doorbell. We are using an inexpensive wireless doorbell left here by the previous owner of the house. Problem is, it isn't loud enough to be heard if we're upstairs, or in the basement. I just need a simple way to use all my Nest Mini's as a house-wide doorbell, and I feel like I am sooooo close you guys. I have a spare Smartthings button that I am desperately trying to use as the doorbell. But I can't figure out how to get it to trigger a google home broadcast -- "there is someone at the front door" -- when it is pressed. A Google Home "routine" can only be initiated by a voice command, correct? There is no way I can make an Routine that is essentially "when the Smartthings doorbell button is pressed, broadcast this message", correct? Within the Smartthings app, I can easily make an automation such as "when doorbell button is pressed, send a push notification to all home members, and turn on this smart outlet". I have a extra Samsung smart outlet, and was thinking I could somehow use that turning on as a trigger for the nest mini broadcast, but just like the button, Google Home seems to know Samsung z-wave/zigbee outlets and buttons exist, and it can turn them on and off, but it can't make a change in on/off status initiate some other action. I then thought of using IFTTT, thinking surely an applet should be really easy to program, but alas come to find that google home is not in the IFTTT ecosystem. It seems like HomeAssistant.io could probably make it work, but ugh I don't want to put that much effort (setting up a Rasberry Pi etc etc) to get a dang doorbell. Really seems like this should be easy, and I'm running into a wall. Finally, perhaps my best option might be an idea I found here on reddit. Basically, I load an mp3 of myself saying "Hey google, doorbell" into my existing cheap wireless doorbell, which is already very close to one of my nest minis. "hey google, doorbell" will trigger a house-wide broadcast on all the nest mini's, telling us the there is someone at the front door. One issue with this method is the delay -- probably about 4-7 seconds. Which isn't horrible granted....but man, as I said earlier, seems like this should be easy. Thoughts? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 15 Feb 2020 06:02 AM PST Hi All, I'm new to the whole smart home and automated home thing.. but I'm very interested to do more and purchase additional smart home items. My girlfriend purchased me a number of smart devices for Christmas: 2 Meross rgbw colour changing lights (I use the term w in rgbw very loosely because the range of "whites" available aren't great and are more yellows and blues than warm and cool whites) 4 smart plugs - one of which is used for the phone chargers and works great when we're too lazy to go to the other room to switch it on, but still thinking of other practical locations for the other 3. I was hoping one of these could be connected to the kettle but the kettle has an on off toggle so doubt this will work. I'm open to suggestions as to how best to use these. 1 LED strip light - yet to be installed as we've just been too busy although I'm thinking tonight is the night and they'll be installed behind the TV. Anyway back to the problem at hand.. when I ask Alexa to turn the lights on the living room lights default to red and I can't get this to change to one of the variations of white, I can change the colour in the app to one of their terrible versions of white but when we turn them off and back on again they go straight back to red (I think if I change the colour in the app to e.g. green this changes the default colour to green but it doesn't do it for white?) Does anyone know how to do this? Or offer some words of advice? [link] [comments] | ||
| Roborock Maps for Split Level? Posted: 15 Feb 2020 06:01 AM PST I'm getting really annoyed with the lack of support for multi room mapping on my Roborock S4. Setting up "rooms" doesn't help, because since our family room is the lower level of a lofted area, only the main floor is truly mapped but still detects this further-reaching area. Is there a way to remap and assign? Or am I just in a weird limbo? [link] [comments] | ||
| Which Smart Home Hub preference Posted: 15 Feb 2020 05:59 AM PST Hey all. So I'm finally starting out my smart home from scratch and need help figuring out where to start. Yup all the way to the core of what hub to start with. So, Please share which smart home hub you decided to go with and why. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 15 Feb 2020 12:42 PM PST I have a fireplace that has a switch to turn on the fan and the fireplace itself lights (currently) by touching two wires together. I'd like to hook the ignighter up to a smart switch but there isn't much if any power running to it. Do you have any recommendations on how to proceed? [link] [comments] | ||
| Looking for the best non-professional switch (no crestron, control 4, etc). Z-Wave preferred. Posted: 15 Feb 2020 12:18 PM PST I have tried a lot and am not settled on one I want to outfit my future house with. I spent A LOT of money on Homeseer dimmers for my current house and the dimming is mediocre, both the 100 and 200 series. Must have Double/Triple tap and instant status and GOOD dimming performance down to ~20%. If I have to stray from Z-Wave, that's fine, I just don't want to be locked into a pro system that I can't modify freely. I aware of the varying differences of bulbs and trims, that worked into my decision to hate the Homeseer dimmers performance. I have tried over a dozen different bulbs/trims, none with satisfactory dimming with Homeseer. Lutron and Leviton are installed where dimming performance really matters but no double/triple tap... [link] [comments] | ||
| Todoist+Integromat+Torrent+Put.io+MyCloud to Plex? Posted: 15 Feb 2020 12:17 PM PST Hi, This automation falls to the gray area in some countries. Not in mine, here it's legal, and not here to discuss ethics.. So I have a Plex server that is shared with my sister. She would usually phone or message me what she wants to watch then I'd download it etc.. My idea is that we could setup a shared project in Todoist where she just types the title of the movie, then it is getting processed by Integromat, but the next step is what is giving me the headache.. I can't find a good enough torrent API that would return a magnet link or a torrent link.. that link would be transferred to my put.io torrent server and when put.io downloads something in that libary RSS updates and Integromat sends the put.io link to be downloaded to to my home cloud (wd mycloud, cheap easy, not the best, but it supports Plex.. kind of.. good enough for 2 users..) So does anyone know a good torrent API? Also I'd be happy to receive feedbacks on this idea, my sis thinks it's an overkill, I personally think it would be awesome. [link] [comments] | ||
| How do you decide on the optimal camera placement around your home? Posted: 15 Feb 2020 11:15 AM PST I want to leave this as broad of a question as possible. I find myself struggling to commit to a camera placement plan. Bonus question: are those ~$20 wyze cams flashed with rstp really a good solution? They seem "too good to be true" [link] [comments] |
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